Regional tournaments rough on local teams; only Poteau Lady Pirates left

October 7, 2013

ROUGH REGIONALS â€” Panama third baseman McKenzie Harper, left, tags out Colbert base runner Jordan Weger during the Class 2A Regional Tournament title game Friday afternoon in Wister. All county fast-pitch softball teams and fall baseball teams that were in regional tournaments last week saw their seasons end shy of earning trips to state.
PDN photo by David Seeley

The high school fast-pitch softball and fall baseball regional tournaments were rough on our local teams this past weekend.
We started with eight teams on the diamond, and now we're down to just one set of diamond dolls â€” the Poteau Lady Pirates, who will be in the Class 4A Regional Tournament later this week to try to make state for the first time in eight years. The schedule is at the end of this column.
Schedule
Class 4A Regional Tournament
At Bethel High School
Thursday
Seminole vs. Bethel, noon; Poteau vs. Harrah, 2 p.m.; Seminole-Bethel loser vs. Poteau-Harrah loser, 4 p.m.; Seminole-Bethel winner vs. Poteau-Harrah winner, 6 p.m.
Friday
4 p.m. Thursday winner vs. 6 p.m. Thursday loser, noon; noon winner vs. 6 p.m. Thursday winner, 2 p.m.; if-game, 4 p.m.